Railway-car.



PATENTED MAY l2, 1903.

W. K. AUGHINCLOSS.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED ooT.9, 1902.

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No. 727,876. PATBNTED MAY12',.1903.

W. K. AUGHING'LOSS. l

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.9I 1902.

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Patented May 12, 1903.

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NVILIIIAM K.4 UCHINOLOSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 727,876, dated May 12, 1903.

Application led October 9, 1902. Serial No. 126,379. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. AUCHIN- GLOSS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, have invented certain new andvuseful Improvements in Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway-cars, the principal part of the framework' of which is composed of rolled or pressed metal and comprises the features hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure lis a central longitudinal section of one half of a car embodying my invention, the other half being exactly similar thereto. Fig. 2 is adetail plan view. Fig. 3 is a half-end elevation, and Fig. 4 is a halfsection through the bolster.

While the present invention is shown as applied to a hopper-bottom car,it is obvious that it is not limited to such cars, but may be used with other forms of cars, as fiat-cars, gondola cars, box-cars, &c.

In the car illustrated, l l are the center sills, preferably channels of rolled metal. These sills extend from bolster to bolster. To the inner surfaces of these sills I secure, as by rivets, the spacing-blocks 2. These blocks may be made of cast-steel, and in the form shown are box-like in structure, having four walls or sides, open ends, and a central trans'- verse partition.

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therefrom to the ends of the car. The bolster center-bearing piece 4 is then secured betweenV however, between the draft-rigging and center sills I am enabled to space the draft-rigging sills the usual distance apart and to greatlyincrease the distance between the cen- They are preferably located at the bolster, as' shown, and form a part Draft-rigging sills 3 are secured' to' the inner walls of the blocks 2 and extendf Work for supporting the weight of the car andl ter sills. This feature is of great advantage when one wishes to utilize the space between these sills as a part of the car-body. Forexample, in the hopper-bottom car shown I am thereby enabled to place large hopper-doors between the center sills, and by incliniug the floor-plates toward said doors I utilize the space between thesills and so dispense with a central longitudinal peak above them and hopper-doors on either side thereof, as in previous constructions.

The bolster-beams 5 5, which are placed above the sills l and 3, are riveted to the spacing-bloeks 2 (see Fig. 4) and also by means of channels 6 Vto the sills 3, thereby increasing the rigidity of the united parts.

The bolster comprises side pieces 7, which may be of any approved form.' Theyare secured at their inner ends to the sills l and spacing-blocks 2 by rivets which pass through the web of the said sills and the side walls of the blocks 2. The outer ends of the parts 7 are secured to the side sills 8.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isA

l. In a metallic car-frame, a longitudinal center sill, a draft-rigging sill, and a spacingblock between the overlapping ends of said sills, substantially as described.

2.` In a metallic carframe, longitudinal center sills, draft-riggingsills, and spaciugblocks between the ends of lsaid center sills and the overlapping rear ends of said draftrigging sills, substantially as described.

3. In a metallic car frame, longitudinal center sills, Vdraft-rigging sills, abolster center-bearing piece secured betweensaid draftrigging sills, and spacing-blocks between the center sills and the overlapping rear portion of the draft-rigging sills, substantially as described.

fl. In a metallic car-frame,- longitudinal center and draft-rigging sills,'a transverse bolster-beam upon said sills, and spacingblocks secured to said center and draft-rigging sills and to said bolster-beam, substantially as described.

5. In a metallic car-frame, a longitudinal center sill, adraft-riggiug sill, aspacing-blook secured between overlapping portions of said sills, a side sill, and a bolster side piece, se-

cured at its outer end to said side sill and at its inner end to said center sill and spacingblock, substantially as described.

6. In a hoppel` bottom car, longitudinal centersills, draft-rigging sills, spacing-blocks between overlapping portions of adjacent center and draft-rigging sills, a car-body having a sloping floor extending above and between said center sills, and a drop-door hinged between said center sills, substantially as described.

7. In ametallic car-frame, transverse bodyholsters, a longitudinal center sill extending between said bolsters, draft-rigging sills extending from said holsters to the ends of the 15 car, and spacing-blocks between the ends 'of the center sill and the overlapping rear ends of the draft-rigging sills, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed 2c my name this 6th day of October, 1902.

WILLIAM K. AU CHINCLOSS.

In presence of LoUIs A. SHEPARD, EDWIN C. FARLOW. 

